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	Whither Thou Goest - Davis (Sid) Productions An early religious film by Sid Davis. Downloads: 410 (1 review)
	Skateboard Sense - Sid Davis Productions Safety film about the (then) new hobby of skateboarding. Produced by Sid Davis. Downloads: 71,822 (14 reviews)
	Age 13 (Part II) - Sid Davis The inner life of an "at-risk" teenager, told in an idiosyncratic and often surreal manner. A key film by Sid Davis, who is beginning to emerge as one of the great unsung talents of educational filmmaking. Shot in working-class Inglewood, Hollywood and other parts of the Los Angeles basin. Keywords: need keyword Downloads: 10,035 (3 reviews)
	Age 13 (Part I) - Sid Davis The inner life of an "at-risk" teenager, told in an idiosyncratic and often surreal manner. A key film by Sid Davis, who is beginning to emerge as one of the great unsung talents of educational filmmaking. Shot in working-class Inglewood, Hollywood and other parts of the Los Angeles basin. Downloads: 27,483 (11 reviews)
	Show 'Em the Road (Part I) - Davis (Sid) Productions Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam, then back home again. Producers and Directors: Sid Davis and Arthur L. Swerdloff. Keywords: Car culture: Youth; U.S.: West; California: Scenics Downloads: 6,043 (2 reviews)
	Show 'Em the Road (Part II) - Davis (Sid) Productions Southern California teenagers join the Mobilgas "Safety and Economy" competition, driving from the Los Angeles area to the Inland Empire, the desert, to Las Vegas, Nevada and Hoover Dam, then back home again. Producers and Directors: Sid Davis and Arthur L. Swerdloff. Keywords: Car culture: Youth; U.S.: West; California: Scenics Downloads: 6,919 (2 reviews)
	Why Take Chances? (Safety at Play) - Davis (Sid) Productions Why Take Chances? was a sequel to Sid Davis' very successful picture Live and Learn (1951), another safety film for children that used bluntly forceful simulated accidents to show the results of carelessness. Sid Davis — child actor, stand-in for John Wayne, mountain climber and movie producer — made more than 100 films about dangers that befall children and teenagers, including accidents, narcotics, sexual transgression and psychological stress... Downloads: 877 (1 review)
	Seduction of the Innocent - Davis (Sid) Productions Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves into trouble. This is a warning about the path of casual drug usage leading to "the point of no return" and the user being permanently lost to society. Jeanette is introduced to drugs through her new boyfriend and casually pops pills for the first time... Downloads: 2,914 (2 reviews)
	Seduction of the Innocent - Davis (Sid) Productions Sid's remake of The Terrible Truth is, in many ways, superior to it, if only because by the mid-sixties there were a lot more ways for kids to get themselves into trouble. This is a warning about the path of casual drug usage leading to "the point of no return" and the user being permanently lost to society. Jeanette is introduced to drugs through her new boyfriend and casually pops pills for the first time... Downloads: 370
	Name Unknown - Davis (Sid) Productions [Educational Screen, Dec 1951] This film presents selected case studies of teenagers who were the victims of sex deviants and suggests ways in which such tragedies can be averted. Judge William B. McKesson, of the Juvenile Court in Los Angeles, appears in the film as narrator and relates the incidents in these cases which he has handled in his court. In studying the facts in each of the cases, Judge McKesson, addressing teenagers, says that the surprising thing is that smart young people can be ... Downloads: 132
	Dropout, The - Davis (Sid) Productions A warning to would-be slackers, The Dropout shows the loneliness and frustration that develop in Robert, who drops out of school and tries to find a job before he is qualified to compete in the highly competitive world of modern work. Told in Davis' inimitable voiceover style, this film retells the classic "downward spiral" tale. "More than ever before, competition is keen," says the narrator. "The work force is made up of skilled personnel." Attracted by the world of work and eager to leave the... Downloads: 115
	Summer of '63 - Davis (Sid) Productions Venereal disease among the young. A short version of Davis's feature film V.D. Excellent stock shots of early-1960s youth culture in Los Angeles. 02:00:16:03 VS of the building of MIDWAY HOSPITAL (modern round and orange building) Another building (hospital and clinic), Southern California street on foreground with palm trees and cars, policeman in front of a building 02:00:31:04 MCU of man in white lab coat, shelves of a laboratory with beakers and jars in foreground, the man is holding a pipet... Downloads: 2,787 (1 review)
	Cool Hot Rod - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 47
	Cool Hot Rod - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 49
	What's the Big Hurry? - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 43
	Accident Investigation - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 91
	Patrol Vehicle Operation (Part 2) - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 121
	How to Protect Your Bike - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 146
	Fit as a Fiddle - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 119 (1 review)
	Say No to Strangers - Davis (Sid) Productions Shows how children meet and correctly cope with situations calling upon them to remember each of the safety rules they have been taught. Downloads: 54
	Clean Oceans, Clean Shores - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 92
	You're Growing Up - Davis (Sid) Productions Skeletal Entry Downloads: 107
	Terrible Truth, The - Davis (Sid) Productions CASE HISTORY TEENAGE GIRL'S INTRODUCTION TO USE OF NARCOTICS & PERSONAL & SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT RESULT. BEGINNING W/OCCASIONAL MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, SHE EXPERIMENTS W/HEROIN & ACQUIRES CRIMINAL RECORD IN EFFORT TO SECURE MONEY TO SATISFY DRUG CRAVINGS. Downloads: 61
	Driving Tips, Part 2 - Davis (Sid) Productions Warnings of drinking and driving, speeding, approaching a stopped school bus, the dangers of signal jumping "usually jumping into trouble", driving too slowly, drowsiness, driving on street car tracks, getting stuck in sand or mud. Downloads: 55
	Ingenuity in Action - Davis (Sid) Productions This informative film made for hot rod fans explains the process involved in preparing and entering a car show, but at times comes across as an ethnographic account of the "nomadic tribe of hotrodders". Downloads: 56
	Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen - Davis (Sid) Productions A corruption of "The Nutcracker"; sync-sound with adult actors. Downloads: 152
	Dead Right - Davis (Sid) Productions Tells about a pedestrian accident victim who may have been legally right, but was almost killed - and remains wheelchair-bound. Downloads: 99 (1 review)
	Driving Tips, Part 1 - Davis (Sid) Productions This safety film warns against following too closely in traffic and the hazards of litterbugs, provides meanings attached to the shapes of traffic signs, covers the regulations regarding school crossings, curved roads, proper behavior of children while riding in cars (Social Guidance), left turns, approaching hills, and warns against the indiscriminate picking up of hitchhikers. Downloads: 62
	Gossip - Davis (Sid) Productions Points out that gossip reflects the lack of respect for words. Describes the harm which gossip can do. Downloads: 44
	Ingenuity in Action - Davis (Sid) Productions This informative film made for hot rod fans explains the process involved in preparing and entering a car show, but at times comes across as an ethnographic account of the "nomadic tribe of hotrodders". Downloads: 381
	Shotgun - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 66
	What Made Sammy Speed? - Davis (Sid) Productions Points out how emotional problems caused a teen-ager to speed to his death. Downloads: 58
	Age 13 - Davis (Sid) Productions Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father. Andrew, receiving only hostility from his classmates and step-father, begins to steal. An understanding counselor at school helps Andrew reform and readjust. Downloads: 122
	Dangerous Stranger, The (First Edition) - Davis (Sid) Productions Designed to impress children with need to be on guard against molesters, w/out arousing fear or curiosity. Dramatizes circumstances & places in which children may encounter "dangerous strangers". Says that uninformed, naive children are most frequently "taken in" by molesters tactics & emphasizes that forewarned children can avoid such persons. A policeman acts as narrator & is shown as child's friend. Downloads: 129
	Hot Run! - Fletcher Film Productions Downloads: 371 (1 review)
	Live and Learn - Davis (Sid) Productions ILLUSTRATES THAT ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN AT HOME at PLAY CAN BE AVOIDED BY TAKING TIME TO THINK. GREAT SIMULATED ACCIDENTS, SOME SICK. FILMED IN Los Angeles, Calif. and SANTA MONICA. Downloads: 79
	ABC of Walking Wisely - Sid Davis Productions Downloads: 3,538 (2 reviews)
	Driving Tips, Part 2 0632 PA8749 Driving Tips, Part 2 Downloads: 3,275 (4 reviews)
	Bicycle Today - Automobile Tomorrow Shows graphically how one should check his bike for mechanical soundness and how to keep it in good running condition. Pictures a boy and a girl demonstrating the importance of knowing the correct bicycle rules and regulations before riding in traffic and how to ride safely. Keywords: need keyword Downloads: 6,018 (7 reviews)
	What's The Big Hurry? Keywords: need meta Downloads: 5,191 (7 reviews)
	ABCs of Walking Wisely Illustrates how people walk in streets like the alphabet. Shows among others the G-Walker, who doesn't look where he's going but says 'Gee, look at that,' the Y-Walker, who says 'Why walk when you can hitch a ride' and the familiar J-Walker. Keywords: need keyword Downloads: 20,659 (8 reviews)
	Strange Ones, The Communicates through a child's eyes the problem of molestation. A little girl is rescued by the police who explain to her how to avoid dangerous situations and how to deal with them when they arise. Downloads: 6,268 (6 reviews)
	On the Run - Davis (Sid) Productions About well-behaved teenagers who compete in the Mobilgas Economy Run. Excellent teens dancing in San Francisco malt shop. This film, narrated by a teen-age girl, is an account of how she got her high school involved in the "Safety Economy Run" of the California AAA (supervised by Ray Burton in San Francisco). Because of one bully who skids the tires of his hot rod outside the school the neighbors have been complaining, the school had threatened to close the student parking lot, and her father wa... Downloads: 564
	Bicycle Today, Automobile Tomorrow 0700 PA8753 Bicycle Today, Automobile Tomorrow Downloads: 4,198 (3 reviews)
	Skateboard Sense - Davis (Sid) Productions Shows how good equipment and proper riding techniques enhance the thrill and safety of skateboarding techniques. Demonstrates the use of elbow and knee pads, helmets and gloves and shows the ways to take a fall. Nice images of a girl and boy doing tricks and taking spills in a large Southern California parking lot. Downloads: 157
	Cool Hot Rod - Davis (Sid) Productions Downloads: 414 (1 review)
	Show 'Em the Road - Davis (Sid) Productions The juvenile officer of a town explains the safety and economy competition to the police department, a two-day 663 mile route -- "starting in Lynwood and moving east to San Bernardino, then north, cutting through the mountains at Cajon Pass, to Barstow (US 91) for refueling, then out across the Joshua Tree desert to Las Vegas, Nevada. Up to the Hoover Dam, and then back home again." The ton mileage formula, used to make the competition fair, includes weighing the automobiles and pushing the cars... Downloads: 146
	Driving Tips, Part 2 Warnings of drinking and driving, speeding, approaching a stopped school bus, the dangers of signal jumping "usually jumping into trouble", driving too slowly, drowsiness, driving on street car tracks, getting stuck in sand or mud. Keywords: need keyword Downloads: 4,131 (4 reviews)
	Gossip - Davis (Sid) Productions Quirky social guidance film on the negative effects of gossip. (from PA-2323) Keywords: Social guidance; Teenagers; Children Downloads: 12,428 (8 reviews)
	Moment of Decision - Sid Davis Tells the story of four boys who are faced with a decision--whether or not to steal a car and take a joy ride. Shows that even though a boy's decision may be colored by his background, the responsibility is his. Downloads: 4,936 (6 reviews)